This section is designed to test your ability to understand spoken English．You will hear a selection of recorded materials and you must answer the questions that accompany them．There are two parts in this section，Part A and Part B． Remember，while you are doing the test，you should first put down your answers in your test book let．At the end of the listening comprehension section．you will have 3 minutes to transfer your answers from your test booklet to ANSWER SHEET 1． If you have any questions．you may raise your hand now you will not be allowed to speak once the test has started．
Now look at Part A in your test booklet． Part A
Directions：
You will hear lo short dialogues．For each dialogue，there is one question and four possible answers．Choose the correct answer—A，B，C or D，and mark it in your test booklet．You will have 15 seconds to answer the question and you will hear each dialogue only once．
1．What will the man buy for his father’s birthday? [A]A tie． [B]A shirt． [C]A book． [D]A wallet． 2．What do we know about Ted?
[A]He is a history teacher． [B]He is a geography teacher． [C]He is the woman’s neighbor． [D]He is the woman’s colleague． 3．What does the woman suggest the man should do? [A]Have a healthy diet． [B]Get rid of his anger． [C]Stop asking questions． [D]Keep his feelings back． 4．What do we know about the cheese?
[A]It is on the shelf． [B]It is too expensive． [C]It is in short supply． [D]It is no longer flesh． 5．What does the man ask the woman to do? [A]Answer the phone for him． [B]Ask Mr．Miller to phone later．
[C]Ask Mr．Miller to hold on a moment． [D]Tell Mr．Miller he will phone back later． 6．Why is the woman in London? [A]She is on holiday．
[B]She is on a business trip．
[C]She is working for a company there． [D]She wants to establish a company there．
7．What do we learn about the woman’s sister from the dialogue? [A]She likes watching football games． [B]She is a fan of a local football team． [C]She is a keen football player herself．
[D]She likes the local women football players． 8．What happened to the woman yesterday? [A]She was almost cheated by a telephone call． [B]She got a phone call from a special number． [C]She was overcharged by the phone company． [D]She prepared for her vacation with her friend． 9．Why does the man recommend rowing? [A]It requires few professional skills． [B]It exercises many parts of the body． [C]It is a new item of fitness programs． [D]It is popular with most club members． 10．What do we know about the company? [A]It needs new employees badly． [B]It gives quick responses routinely． [C]It is a newly established business．
[D]It is very cautious in decision。making．
Part B
Directions：
You will hear four dialogues or monologues．Before listening to each one，you will have 5seconds to read each of the questions which accompany it.While
listening,answer each question by choosing A，B，C or D．After listening，you will have 10 seconds to check your answer to each question．You will ．hear the recording only once．
Questions11—13 are based on a conversation between a woman and her neighbor．
11．What does the woman want the man to do for her?
[A]Deliver her package． [B]Sign for her package．
[C]Find the property manager． [D]Talk to the property manager． 12．How long has the man lived in the apartment? [A]Two days． [B]One week． [C]Six months． [D]One year．
13．What problem does the woman have? [A]She has run out of flour for baking cakes． [B]She is ignorant of how to operate the stove． [C]Something is going wrong with her stove． [D]Something is going wrong with her timer．
Questions14~17 are based on the following conversation between a man and woman about taking a vacation．
14．What does the man think of Curacao?
[A]It is difficult to reach． [B]It is a tourist paradise．
[C]It is a perfect place for sports． [D]It is an ordinary tropical island． 15．Why does the woman hesitate to make her decision to go to Curacao? [A]She thinks it is too far．
[B]She thinks it is too crowded．
[C]It is not safe to go there．
[D]It is not the right time to go there．
16．What is the woman probably going to do?
[A]Pack up for the trip． [B]Make her reservations． [C]Book her airline ticket． [D]Contact her travel agent． 17．Who is the woman talking to?
[A]Her friend． [B]Her husband．
[C]Her travel agent． [D]Her health advisor．
Questions18～21 are based on the following conversation about renting handba9．
18．Why does the woman want to buy a handbag? [A]To celebrate her birthday． [B]To carry it on her wedding． [C]To give it to Mary as a gift．
D]To attend Mary’s wedding with it．
19．What do we learn about Handbag Hire? [A]It is the largest handbag dealer． [B]It is a famous handbag company． [C]It designs expensive handbags． [D]It specializes in renting handbags． 20．How will the woman place her order?
[A]By post． [B]In person． [C]By telephone． [D]On the Internet． 21．How many days will the woman have to wait for her order? [A]2． [B]3． [C] 4． [D]5．
Questions22～25 are based on the following conversation on communication． 22．What does the man think of good communication? [A]It stops people from hurting each other． [B]It brings glory to one’s career． [C]It improves many situations． [D]It solves all problems．
23．How does the man describe himself?
[A]Ill-tempered． [B]Agreeable． [C]Decisive． [D]Natural． 24．What is necessary for a large group to make a final decision? [A]Consulting with other groups． [B]Letting everyone have his say． [C]Going through a voting process． [D]Reviewing past business activities．
25．What does one have to do to be successful in business? [A]Get help from other group members． [B]Have the patience to talk with people． [C]Stop seeing the world in twisted ways． [D]Share their achieved results with others．
You have3 minutes to transfer your answers from your test booklet to ANSWER SHEET l．
That is the end of Listening Comprehension． SECTIONⅡ Use of English (15minutes)
Directions：
Read the following text．Choose the best word or phrase for each numbered blank and mark A，B，C，or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.
Bluejeans are probably the single most representative article of American clothing．They were originally 26by Jacob Davis，a tailor from Nevada， 27，together with dry-goods sales man Levi Strauss，patented the idea as 28clothing for miners in l873．Blue jeans，also 29as work clothing，spread among workers of all kinds in the late l9th and early 20th centuries， 30among cowboys，farmers，loggers，and railroad workers．During the 1950s， 31Marion Brando and James Dean made blue jeans 32 by wearing them in movies，and jeans be。came part of the 33of teenagers’rebelling．In the l960sand 1970s，this fashion statement exploded as Levi’s 34a fundamental part of the youth 35 focused on both civil rights and antiwar protests． 36the late1970s，almost everyone in the United States wore blue jean, 37youths all around the world sought after them． 38designers began to create more complicated 39of blue jeans and to 40 their fit，jeans began to express the American emphasis 41informality and the importance of detail．By stressing the right label and 42the right look，blue jeans， 43their worker origins，satirically。Represented the status consciousness of American fashion and the 44to get close to the 45fashion．In 1971，Levi Strauss＆Co．received the Coty Fashion Critics’Award，the highest award of the American fashion industry．
26．[A]invented [B]introduced [C]developed [D]delivered 27．[A]which [B]where [C]that [D]who
28．[A]custom-made [B]long-wearing [C]well-tailored [D]nice-looking 29．[A]realized [B]accepted [C]known [D]identified
30．[A]especially [B]normally [C]obviously [D]exclusively 31．[A]cowboys [B]actors [C]writers [D]directors
32．[A]economical [B]typical [C]fashionable [D]valuable 33．[A]image [B]figure [C]picture [D]character 34．[A]took [B]played [C]had [D]became
35．[A]character [B]culture [C]anxiety [D]education 36．[A]Before [B]Since [C]By [D]Till 37．[A]and [B]so [C]then [D]for
38．[A]Although [B]Until [C]As [D]Whereas 39．[A]styles [B]examples [C]sizes [D]materials 40．[A]create [B]adjust [C]determine [D]pursue 41．[A]about [B]in [C]of [D]on
42．[A]maintaining [B]improving [C]expressing [D]achieving 43．[A]besides [B]despite [C]except [D]from
44．[A]anxiety [B]eagerness [C]ambition [D]promise 45．[A]temporary [B]grand [C]brightest [D]latest
SECTION III Reading Comprehension (40minutes) Part A
Directions·
Read the following three texts．Answer the questions on each text by choosing A，B，C or D.Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET。 Text 1
Back in the early 1990s，I knew little about computers beyond what it took to get through a working day．But here’s what I did know：something huge was happening．It was stirring economies and imaginations and possibilities like nothing I had ever known．I knew the world was changing in ways that meant I shouldn’t count on old assumptions．And I knew I had dreams I still hadn’t fulfilled.But I didn’t knowhow to realize them until I met with my old friend，Rollys Rouse，when we happened to move into the same neighborhood．
Rolly often called me with a stream of ideas．His rate of idea production per second seemed al- most incredible．Soon we we’re on the phone with each other every day．Talking about the Internet．
TalMng about starting a new online company-maybe together．
He was then developing a plan and he wanted me to be a part of it：we would give people wonderful，whole electronic houses on a CD-ROM and let them modify those homes to their own needs．Try out different windows and doors，different paint colors and furnishings．When they were satisfied，we would enable them to go online to make the project happen，to get the products and the financing and the。Professional design and construction to help to do it outright． Building Blocks was the name Rolly came up with for his new enterprise．Rolly took the plunge first．He simply dropped his profitable energy—consulting business to commit himself full time to Building Blocks．I soon joined him after I quit my well—paid job at a newspaper．
Together we developed a demo to show the features of our CD—ROM，“The New American Dream Home”．Then we took it to the annual convention of the National Association of Home Builders in Boston．All the big companies were there showing off their latest products． To our delight，nearly everyone was eager to see what we were showing，．Including the top executives of some enormous companies．When we left，we had invitations from them to come to their offices to tell them more about BuildingBlocks.
That was the start of my real lifetime dream and BuildBlocks，our company，has been prospering ever since．
46．By“something huge was happening”，the writer refers to_________． [A]house designing [B]home decoration
[C]furniture production [D]high-tech development 47．The text shows that Rolly Rouse is________．
[A]creative [B]cautious [C]considerate [D]conservative 48．BuildingBtocksis a company that helps people to________． [A]rent ideal houses [B]buy ideal houses [C]find ideal houses [D]own ideal houses
49．Rolly and the writer decided to start a company together because they were both________．
[A]expegin architecture [B]underRaid at their jobs [C]out of work at the time
[D]interested in e-business
50．At the Boston convention,Rolly and the writer were happy because_________． [A]they aroused people’s interest in their products [B]they sold some of their own products right there
[C]they got their first orders from some famous building firms [D]they had the opportunity to visit some famous building firms
Text 2
Anxiety disorders are common and range from lo percent t0 20 percent of children and teens．Girl are usually more likely than boys to report anxiety symptoms or signs．Anxiety runs in families，due to a combination of inherent and environmental factors．Anxious parents may produce anxious children．When signs are so severe that they interfere with daily life activities，it is time to seek an evaluation from a mental health professional．
Consider the following example of a child who suffered stress disorder．Maria，age l2，was at her physician’s office awaiting her yearly checkup．A bullet from a gun battle in the next
building tore through the wall and struck her mother in the shoulder．severely wounding her．The mother was rushed to the hospital，but Maria did not know her fate for several days．
Unable or unwilling to speak，visibly anxious and fearful，Maria was evaluated by a child doctor in the Sallle hospital several days later．He recommended a brief treatment and began by taking Maria to her mother’s bedside．
Maria，reassured that her mother was alive，nevertheless could not be separated from her．During the following weeks she insisted on sleeping with her mother and would not let her out of her
sight．Her mother was equally shocked，and told her daughter she was suffering great pain． The doctor began a series of play treatment sessions using dolls and paly surgical
instruments in which Maria performed operations in her doll hospital．She began to get great pleasure in her sessions．Her mother did not recover so quickly，so the doctor recommended individual treatment for her．
The final sessions involved Mafia performing the operation on，not a doll，but her mother，who submitted to patient status once again．Playing out the painful theme was extremely
beneficial，and with a minimum of interpretation，both were back to their normal functioning by the month’s end．Maria did not need any medication．
There are many ways of helping anxious children cope with their fears and worries．A carefa，tevaluation and specific treatment plan can help these children get back on the path of normal development．
51．We learn from the text that anxiety in a family atmosphere is often________． [A]analyzable [B]unavoidable [C]uncontrollable [D]communicable
52．People should seek professional help when anxiety begins to________． [A]appear in their kids [B]affect their judgments [C]appear in their families [D]affect their life activities
53．According to the text．Mafia suffered from stress disorder because_______. [A]she witnessed a gun battle [B]she was wounded by a bullet [C]she worried about her mother
[D]she was scared of her checkup
54．Maria was taken to her mother’s bedside in the hospital to_______. [A]start her initial treatment [B]keep her mom in her sight [C]sleep together with her mom [D]help with her mom’s recovery
55．To help all anxious kid out，it is suggested to_______. [A]tolerate his fears and worries [B]point out his normal grow path [C]put him in a particular treatment [D]ask him to make a self-evaluation
Text 3
Lately，presidents of some American universities have added inflation to their worry
list．They are not concerned about inflation of prices，but of academic grades．Larry Summers，president of Harvard．Recently caused a storm when he told one of the university’s professors he didn’t like grade inflation．
Insiders say that nearly half the grades Harvard awards have lately been A or A minus—a lot more man in the l980s．Is this trend a bad thing，in fact2 And is this grade inflation really“inflation”?
To take the second question first，the answer is N0，not strictly speaking．”Inflation”in grades ought to mean that work of a given standard would be awarded an ever higher grade，year by year.The highest permissible grade would therefore have to keep rising in a ceaselessprocesslon of non-improvement．Because in reality the top grade is fixed，the processis not so much grade inflation as grade compression．This is worse：a distortion in relative prices is more confusing than a uniformupward drift.Grade compression squeezes information out of the system．
But is grade inflation necessarily a bad thing?The answer depends on who you are．When students leave Harvard,they carry grades as a sort of currency：a pocket full of intellectual capital，to bid for jobs or places in graduate schools against graduates from other universities with other currencies．These positions go to those who can put the most academic cash on the table。
Employers and graduate schools must decide on the exchange rate,as it were，between a Harvard C student
and an A student from a less distinguished place．
Again．overall grade inflation-the uniform devaluation of the students’ capital-would be relatively easy to cope with，working in principle neither to the advantage or disadvantage of Harvard
graduates． Recruiters．in a position to see the market for graduates as a whole，would simply adjust their exchange rate．Compression，however，has distributional consequences．The best Harvard students see their grades devalued relative to those of second．rate Harvard students．That is bad with respect to encouraging students to work harder．
56．The text talks about the recent storm concerning grade inflation in American universities by focusing on_________．
[A]its causes [B]its features [C]its impacts [D]its purposes
57．In the writer’s opinion，real grade inflation can occur when the highest permissible
grade_______
[A]is raised accordingly [B]is cautiously granted [C]is strictly administered [D]is limited appropriately
58．The writer thinks that grade compression characterizes________． [A]a just policy in evaluation [B]a distorted grading system
[C]a fixed criterion for the work done [D]a relative difference among students
59．As far as job—seeking is concerned，Harvard grade inflation will benefit________． [A]its best graduates [B]its ordinary graduates [C]the job recruiters [D]the school authorities
60．With grade inflation going on in Harvard，it is likely that________． [A]its best students will lack the urge to make progress [B]its ranking in the US universities will going down [C]its advantages will be overtaken by its disadvantages [D]its system of school score distribution will be in chaos
Part B Directions：
Read the texts in which five people are commenting on a magazine article called“The Global Fish Crisis”。For question61 to 65，match the name of each person(61 to 65)to one of the statements(A to G)given below. Mark your answers ANSWER SHEET. Tom Hagen：
I am a commercial fisherman in Alaska．It was an eye—opener to see the destruction and waste in the world’s fisheries．The Alaska salmon fishery is very well managed，and we don’t see the destruction occurring elsewhere．Many local people complain of the many restrictive laws in the fish- cry，but after reading this article，I’m in favor of even stricter regulation．The sea is the basis for life on Earth，and we must take care of it．
Jimmy O’Brien：
You didn’t touch the fishing here in the U．S．where the fisherman is working under the harshest regulations on Earth and the strictest equipment restrictions．We are fishing in a fashion that is completely environmentally friendly as required under the Magnuson-Stevens Act．The U．S．keeps importing more fish from countries that have no requirements on equipment or on their catch．U．S．fishermen cannot compete with foreign prices so the fishermen’s numbers have been reduced．
Tiffany Miller：
I was shocked at the utter lack of regard that the commercial fishing industry has for its very own resources.I’d like to ask these same fishermen who say that they cannot make a living on the catch limits set for them：How are you going to make a living when all the fish are gone?
Nathan Kennedy：
You failed to note the obvious root cause of the global fish crisis,which is not new
technologies but the explosion of world population．There simply are not enough fish in the ocean to feed US，and all the fishefies management and conservation in the world will do nothing to stop overfishing if nothing is done to stem the unsupportable demand for human consumption．
Peter Paul：
As a person with some 35 years of membership in various conservation groups，and after writing thousands of emails，letters，and protest forms，I arrived at the sad Conclusion that nothing I did mattered one bit．When the catch drops below the cost of operating expenses，the industry will die，taking the health of the ocean with it．We will then all,stand back and wonder why we let it happen
Now match the name of each person(61 to 65)to the appropriate statement． Note：there are two extra statements． Statements
61．Tom Hagen 62．Jinmay O’Bfien 63．Tiffany Miller 64．Nathan Kennedy 65．Peter Paul
[A]Overfishing results from extensive use of new technologies． [B]Many people in my place support stricter regulation on fishing． [C]I think that you failed to point out the real reason for overfishing．
[D]We are in a very weak position to compete with other countdes in fishing． [E]Sooner or later，we will feel regretful about out current fishing practice． [F]I didn’t know there were such damaging ways of fishing around the world．
[G]1 wonder if those fishermen have ever considered the consequences of exhausting ocean resources．
SECTION IV Writing (40minutes) Directions：
You should write your responses to both Part A and Part B of this section on ANSWERSHEET 2． Part A
66．You have read the following advertisement about a volunteer program for all international sports game．You want to get in touch with the organizer． Volunteers Wanted
Tasks：interpreting，guiding，reception work，medical aid，driving，etc．
Good level of English required．
Contact US at volunteerswanted@gamil．com
Write an email to the organizer，telling about 1)your interest in the program； 2)your qualifications for the task； 3)your time available for the task． You should write about l00 words．Do not sign your own name at the end of your email．
Use“Wang Lin”instead．
Part B
67．Below is a picture showing that the community newspaper board is covered by advertisements．Look at the picture and write an essay of about 120 words making reference to the
following two points：
1)what the problem is and what causes the problem； 2)how to improve the situation．
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